6138. Fact

Owls swallow their prey whole because they have no teeth. After approximately 12 hours they cough up the feathers, bones, and fur in a shape of a football pellet

6139. Fact

All the world's main alphabets have developed from an alphabet invented 3,600 years ago in the Middle East. It was known as the North Semitic Alphabet.

6140. Fact

A mockingbird has been known to change its tune 87 times over a minute span.

6141. Fact

On average, he ratio of yellow kernels to white kernals in a bag of popcorn is 9:1

6142. Fact

Heavier lemons produce more, and tastier, juice

6143. Fact

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years

6144. Fact

Five Jell-O flavors have flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

6145. Fact

Despite the break up of the USSR, Russia is still the largest country in the world. It's almost twice the size of Canada, which ranks second.

6146. Fact

Chop Suey was invented in New York.

6147. Fact

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!)

6148. Fact

The canning process for herring was developed in Sardinia, which is why canned herrings are better known as sardines.

6149. Fact

The first cover of Sports Illustrated, in 1954, showed National League umpire, Augie Donatelli, behind the plate with two major-league stars: catcher Wes Westrum, and batter Eddie Matthews.

6150. Fact

Astronauts brought back about 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth. Most of it has not been analyzed.

6151. Fact

Levi's 501 jeans got its number from its original stock number in the first Levi's store.

6152. Fact

Every year in the U.S., there are 178,000 new cases of lung cancer

6153. Fact

The Seven Deadly Sins are lust, pride, anger, envy, sloth, avarice and gluttony.

6154. Fact

If an Amish man has a beard, he is married.

6155. Fact

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class

6156. Fact

The largest LEGO castle that was ever built was built with 400,000 LEGO bricks and was 4.45 m x 5.22 m

6157. Fact

In 1994, 7-Eleven coined the term brain freeze. The word was developed to explain the feeling people get when drinking a Slurpee.

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